Month: April 2014

Apple is exploring touch screen technology that determines pressure sensitivity using a combination of capacitive touch and infrared light sensing, according to a new patent application recently published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (via AppleInsider). The patent describes a method of determining the force of […] Read the original post by Juli…

Facebook today updated Messenger for iOS with the ability to make free calls all over the world, over WiFi or your cellular data connection. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

If you speak and text in multiple languages, then the Messages app for iOS has a really neat feature that you might have taken use of, but not really noticed. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

According to a new report, Apple quietly acquired speech recognition company Novauris at some point last year–and they’ve put the team behind the company to work on Siri, the Cupertino corporation’s virtual assistant. Pieces of the company’s many software innovations include local voice recognition, requiring no internet connection to perform more […] Read the original post…

ON A ‘PARK BENCH:’ The series will begin filming later this month and the first season will air online in the U.S. as part of the AOL Originals platform. Read the original post by WWWV-FM Charlottesville

There are any number of spreadsheet apps available for the iPad, but recently the market changed dramatically when Microsoft released the full Office suite for iPad, including a version of Excel. While you can argue that Excel is many years late to the iPad party (and I wouldn’t disagree), the […] Read the original post…

Apple purchased automatic speech recognition company Novauris Technologies last year, reports TechCrunch. Novauris’ main product was NovaSystem, a server-based distributed speech recognition system. According to the company’s website, its technology is able to handle multiple simultaneous voice requests, recognizing complete phrases and analyzing syllable structure for better speech […] Read the original post by Juli…

Noisetrade offers downloads of the ATO Records Spring 2014 MP3 Sampler for free. That’s the best deal we could find for this 14-track album. (Amazon and iTunes each charge at least 99 cents for most of these songs.) Among the featured artists are Kaiser Chiefs, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, and Drive-By […] Read the original post…

IFTTT, the powerful productivity app that lets you create connections between different internet apps services, has been updated today to version 2.0, bringing a lot of important new features, starting with native iPad support. The update also includes new iOS-only channels, bug fixes, and more. Version 2.0 of IFTTT feels completely […] Read the original…

IFTTT (an acronym which stands for IF This Then That) is one of the most useful tools on the internet today. There has long been an iOS app for the service, and it received a huge update this morning packing iPad compatibility, a new iOS Notifications channel, and a new […] Read the original post…

Microsoft generated some serious iOS news last week with the introduction of Office for iPad, but what did the iMore readership think of it? We ran a quick poll asking whether or not you guys would be picking it up and the results are stacked firmly in the favor of […] Read the original post…

Google is testing some great features in an upcoming version of the Gmail Android app, that make email handling much easier, especially for those with huge inboxes. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

The seriously expensive HP Z1 G2 is an all-in-one workstation desktop that puts massive computing power into a space-saving form factor. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

As one of its daily deals, Newegg offers the PNY 240GB Optima 2.5″ Serial ATA 6Gb/s Internal SSD, model no. SSD7SC240GOPT-RB, for $109.99. This $10 mail-in rebate cuts it to $99.99. With free shipping, that’s $25 off list and the lowest total price we’ve seen for any 240GB 2.5″ SATA […] Read the original post…

Other World Computing offers the NewerTech NuCube Mac Mini Stand for pre-2010 models and 2010–12 models for $34.99 plus $7.75 shipping. That’s at least $4 off list price and the lowest total price we could find. These stands are made of 3/8″ polished clear acrylic and hold your Mini vertically […] Read the original post…